Wonder Woman Movie Inspired By Christopher Reeve's Superman

While Warner Bros.' Wonder Woman solo film will have a very different tone than Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad, it will draw inspiration from an earlier DC Comics film: Richard Donner's 1978 classic, Superman.

In an interview with Variety, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins discussed why she is looking to Christopher Reeve's Man of Steel when crafting her upcoming standalone film starring Gal Gadot, noting that Donner's film was all about the viewer. "It was about you watching and realizing what it would feel like to have great powers and do great things. It was full of love and emotion," she said.

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DC Comics publisher Jim Lee also shared a few details about the film and how Jenkins is handling the origin story of Diana Prince, which has been told so many different ways across various comics over the years. "Patty has really taken a very inclusive approach," he explained, adding that she's "tried to weave a lot of these disparate elements into one cohesive whole."

According to Lee, comic book readers intimately familiar with the story of Wonder Woman will be pleased with how the character is handled, adding, "Fans who have been reading Wonder Woman for decades will be really blown away by how [the film] synthesizes the origins and brings her into the modern era."

Wonder Woman opens in theaters on June 2, 2017. In addition to Gadot, Chris Pine, Lucy Davis and Robin Wright all star in the film, a stunning poster for which you can check out right here.

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